Xbox One To Launch November 22 In 13 Markets; Preorders Already Sold Out

After much anticipation,
Microsoft has finally announced that the next generation of its gaming console - the Xbox One - will be released on November 22nd in 13 major territories including North America. The announcement was made by Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of Marketing, Xbox Strategy and Business, on Wednesday. However, for those looking to pre-order the One, don't hold your breath - all units set aside for pre-orders have already sold out.

“We are humbled and gratified by the tremendous interest in Xbox One from game fans everywhere,” Mehdi said. “We have sold out of our pre-order supply in the U.S. faster than at any other time in our history and we are on path to have the biggest launch of an Xbox ever. We look forward to celebrating with millions and millions of gamers this holiday.”

Mehdi confirmed that the Xbox One development team has increased the console’s CPU from 1.6 GHZ to 1.75 GHZ, roughly a 10 percent increase in CPU performance.

“This is on top of the 6 percent increase we previously announced for the GPU,” Mehdi said. “What does this mean to you the gamer? It means that the Xbox One will have that much more power for developers to make their games and entertainment really shine. We’re going to keep bringing more value to the Xbox One as we head towards launch building on some of the advancements we have already shared such as the 40 plus improvements to the Xbox One controller, advancements to help you find the perfect opponent and make the most of our online community, to the power of the cloud.”